Launched in late 2024, Ripple’s enterprise-focused RLUSD stablecoin has hit a $500 million market cap in less than seven months.
Helen Partz
Helen Partz is a veteran cryptocurrency journalist who has been reporting for Coinpectra since 2017, when she published her first article on the platform. Over the years, she has consistently covered major developments in the crypto space, with a focus on Bitcoin, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), self-custody, stablecoins, digital payments and global regulatory trends. She holds a diploma in linguistics education and approaches her writing with a focus on making complicated crypto topics easy to understand for everyday readers around the globe. Helen has no crypto holdings above Coinpectra’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.
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